The news from the United States Postal Service that they will stop delivering first class mail on Saturdays starting this August.

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The Postal Service said it would end Saturday first-class mail delivery beginning Aug. 5 in an effort to curb losses.

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The Federal government announced the layoff of thousands more U.S. Postal Service workers over the next few years, all middle class jobs that will unlikely be absorbed by competitors at UPS and FedEx.

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